« Those who have seen La Verna without seeing Cerbaiolo have seen the mother without seeing the son », says an old adage. Local lore holds that Saint Anthony of Padua would retreat here in prayer. This Franciscan hermitage was destroyed during skirmishes beween local partisans and Nazi troops, but thanks to the devotion of the …
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Immersed in the wooded Tuscan Apennines, on a rock spur overlooking a ravine, this sanctuary-convent is composed of a complex of buildings which has expanded over the centuries. These developments have not lessened the rough, wild look of the area, giving an idea of where and how Saint Francis would pray during certain periods of …
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This site is an important monument to the spread of Christianity in this area. During the persecution under Diocletian, a Roman solidier – Crescentino – was decapitated and buried here. The church of Pieve de’ Saddi was built in the 5th century on the former site of a Roman temple to contain the remains of …
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A few hundred meters from the route halfway up the slope between Spello and Assisi–just a few minutes along Via Fosso delle Carceri–this complex now hosts holiday apartments. Probably not originally a monastery, but a female religious community living alongside a church, dedicated to a life of prayer and penitence. Francis moved Saint Clare here …
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This abbey is along the route of Saint Francis’ Way after exiting the woods. Its history is uncertain; it may have been founded during the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia or at the beginning of the 12th century. Destroyed at the end of the 1300s, the monastery had been home to hermits for more …
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At number 11 on Via Bernardo da Quintavalle, un the facade of a Medieval building, you will find inscribed: “Hic S. Franciscum ad coenam et cubiculum Bernardus Quintavallis excepit et in extasim vidit”. Here Bernardo da Quintavalle invited Saint Francis to his table, where he welcomed him as guest and saw his ecstasy, after which he …
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This hermitage is a deeply spiritual place, and a just reward for the tough climb from the Valnerina. The lucus (literally “clearing in the woods where sunlight passes”) was a sacred grove for the Romans and, in the 5th century, a community of hermits fleeing from Syria settled in this forest of holm oaks and …
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Gli affreschi in stile bizantino sul portale, così come il recupero e il restauro dell’edificio sono opera di padre Basilio Martin, l’eremita che vive in questo luogo. Ai pellegrini di passaggio si richiede di rispettare la scelta di solitudine rigorosa e di ascesi compiuta dall’uomo. Chi volesse, invece, trascorrere qui un periodo di autentico ritiro …
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A small hermitage consisting of a group of natural caves already existed during Francis’ time on this isolated spot on Monte Cicerone. The hermitage was given its current name of Buonriposo by Saint Francis, who would stop here on his way to La Verna, and was visited by many saints, including Saint Anthony of Padua, …
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La tradizione vuole che sia stato fondata da San Francesco nel 1213, nel corso di una sua visita a Stroncone. Il luogo ha subìto molti rimaneggiamenti nel corso dei secoli. Il convento è situato poco fuori le mura della città, tra oliveti e boschi, in un luogo che domina la vallata circostante. All’esterno si possono …
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